Posts by Carli Fraccarolli

Farm Work and Your Health

By Carli Fraccarolli / July 6, 2015

Summer on the farm a healthy place to be, but avoid pushing your body to the limit. by Marybeth Vargha I remember friends from Philadelphia coming up to visit our…

Making Hay While the Sun Shines

By Carli Fraccarolli / July 6, 2015

So you want to make hay, eh? In this fourth installment on farm machinery, I present information for the new, small, or beginning farmer about the equipment, steps, and skills…

Farming with an Old Technology that Copies Nature’s Basic Formula

By Carli Fraccarolli / July 6, 2015

by Edward DuQuette I’ve written and taught on the subject of farming and alterative growing techniques for quite a few years now. Aquaponics has always been my favorite subject to…

Part Time Farmer, Full Time Mom

By Carli Fraccarolli / July 6, 2015

Farming with a toddler gives “family farm” a new meaning by Sara Edelman It is 5:50am.  My alarm is going off, but I have already been awake for nearly 20…

New Report: Exploring Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement

By Carli Fraccarolli / July 6, 2015

The Illinois Public Health Institute and Crossroads Resource Center have released new report – Exploring Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement – to assist communities in enhancing the health and economic impacts…

October is BQA Month – hosting sites sought

By Carli Fraccarolli / July 2, 2015

October is BQA month! In 2014 the New York Beef Quality Assurance Committee offered 13 BQA trainings across the state resulting in 71 producers completing Level I certification and 69…

Grants Support Organic Dairy Farm Succession Initiative

By Carli Fraccarolli / June 29, 2015

Organic farm succession may be key to future of dairy farms The transfer of working organic dairy farms to next generation farmers is one way to secure the viability and production of…

Updated Chart Helps Growers Choose Cover Crops

By Carli Fraccarolli / June 25, 2015

USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists at the Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory have recently updated their interactive, downloadable Cover Crop Chart to include 58 species. The chart gives growers a broad…

New USDA Portal Enables Farmers and Ranchers to Request Conservation Assistance Online

By Carli Fraccarolli / June 22, 2015

Individual landowners and land users now have the secure ability to request conservation technical and financial assistance from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Through the USDA’s Conservation Client Gateway, you…

2015 Hops Production in the Lake Erie Region Conference

By Carli Fraccarolli / June 18, 2015

From 9AM-4PM on June 26th and 27th, Lake Erie Regional Grape Program (LERGP) will be holding a hops production conference at the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Center Meeting…